LABORDE, Alexandre de (and a Society of Lettermakers and Artists of Madrid).- "PICTURESQUE AND HISTORICAL VOYAGE OF SPAIN, dedicated to his Most High Sermon The Prince of Peace..." Paris: Printed by Pierre Didot, 1806 - 1820. Imperial folio, hol. with wheels at the spine. 4 vols. First edition of the most important travel book in Spain in the 19th century. Work dedicated to the Prince of Peace, whose portrait opens the collection. Printed on large paper (some rust) and etched plates. Monumental ed. that collects architectural, landscape, archaeological, and ethnographic aspects of a large part of the Iberian Peninsula. Printed by the great typographer Pierre Didot. Vol. I: Two covers and frontispieces with engravings of the Prince of Peace, plus 61 plates. Vol. II: 77 full-page plates, some with more than one image (Valencia, Almenara, Villafames, San Felipe, Montesa, Tomb of Dayemus, Denia, Badajoz, Merida, Caceres, etc.) Vol. III: 79 full-page plates, some with more than one image (Belmas, Sierra Morena, Granada, Alhambra, Seville, Malaga, Gibraltar, Cadiz, etc.) Vol. IV: 56 plates plus 2 double-page maps of Spain and Portugal (Pamplona, Roncesvalles, Zaragoza, Burgos, Segovia, Valladolid, El Escorial, Toledo, Ocaña, Granada, Aranjuez, etc.).
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